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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 01, 1901

Page

6

Copper Boom Drives Boston Market As Copper Stocks Excel

The Boston market ends February with strong copper shares led by Amalgamated and Anaconda amid anticipated Montana Legislature adjournment. Mohawk and Baltic Mining show gains as analysts tout Mohawkite and copper demand. New York and European buyers push prices while A firm outlook from Lake and Arbuckle-Sugar accord signals broad commodity strength.

Boston Standard Oil Montana Heinze Amalgamated Wall Street New York London Paris Anaconda France Amalgamated Copper Buite & Boston Boston & Montana Parrot Utah Mining Mohawk Boston News Baltic Mining Company Atlantic Company Winona Willett & Gray Arbuckle American Sugar Refining Company St. Paul Messrs. Richardson, Hill & Co Butte Mining and Development Company Butte Rotary Ring International Rotary Phoenix Hancock St. Clair Trimountain Prendergast & Clarkson Chicago Harmes Mexican Central

GOLD DUST AGE PROMISES A CLEANER HOME FOR ALL

An advertising claim proclaims GOLD DUST will usher in a new era of ease for housework. The copy suggests universal benefits if every woman uses the product, promising back relief and cleaner, healthier homes.

Mayflower stock moves on slim float amid consolidation talks

The 1899 note reports mileage gains for Boylston Street Land to 414 with bids 3 to 4 and no stock offered. It cites $1.6 cash and $10.60 in new securities per share if consolidation succeeds. A 15 cent local curb sale and Bay State Gas at 4 follow, with a 31/4 price for a copper flower stock.

Am Bell Tel M&sp GR & W Ill Steel Tle KC Clin & Sp Eee Do E* Do Inc Sc E Gas & Coke Allouvez Gist Amalgamated Am Ag Chemical Steel & Wire Eneeee Bonanza Boston & Albany Boston & Maine Boylston St Land British Colu Butte & Bos Cal & Hecla Central Mass Saan Iy "Cc B&q Aon Tignis Daly-West Domin Coal Ir & Steel Elm River Mite Tel & Tel Tr Federal Steel Concert Franklin French's Bay Land Humboldt Isle Royale K ‘Lin & Spr Be Michigan Ny& Gas & Coke New Eng Nh& Il Rhode Island Boylston Street Land Boylston Street Land Company Bay State Gas St. Mary Company France Pinkham

Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets Offer Stomach Relief

An advertorial touts a digestion aid for catarrh of the stomach. It describes symptoms such as bloating sour meals and pressure on the heart and lungs. Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are promoted as safe effective and available at drug stores with testimonials from N J Booker of Chicago.

Harlanson Stuart N. J. Booker Chicago F. A. Stuart Co Marshall, Mich

Ex dividend and assessments paid update

Ex dividend. Second assessment paid. First assessment paid. Total sales detail shows listed bonds worth 66 215 dollars and listed stocks 49 775 shares. Listed rights total 6 969 shares. Unlisted bonds 13 000 dollars and unlisted stocks 31 184 shares.

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George M Pullman III Sent To Mexico For Aid

George M. Pullman III, once housed at the Victoria Hotel in New York, is in deteriorating health and will be sent to Mexico for relief. He is currently in California seeking treatment for threatened locomotor ataxia.

New York George M. Pullman Victoria Hotel Mexico California

Powers Named in Maine Congressional Convention

In Bangor on February 28 the Republican fourth district chose Llewellyn Powers of Houston as Representative to succeed Charles A. Boutelle. The large convention had 431 votes cast with Powers receiving 316 to Guernsey 43 Rogers 24 Hall 28 and 10 scattering. Ex Governor Powers thanked the party for the honor.

Bangor Maine Llewellyn Powers Houston Charles A. Boutelle Mr. Powers F. E. Guernsey Dover Joseph E. Hall Allen E. Rogers Orono

Griffin Mills discharges prompt end to troop protection

Telegraph notes from Griffin Georgia report troops assigned to protect Superintendent Booth of the Griffin Knitting Mills have been dismissed after Booth was ordered to leave town due to alleged rough treatment of a woman.

Griffin Booth Griffin Knitting Mills Dayton Brazil Ind Brown Terre Haute Pompton N. J Rand Washington Long Annapolis Fall River William Lorman Roberts Nashua N. H Taylor Littlefield Penn Harrisburg Pittsburg Quay Allegheny Ranton Marseilles New York Jesse R. Davis Bellevue

City Brevities Report of Local Incidents and Thefts

Addie Gilbert aged 30 of Hotel Rexford slipped on Washington street injuring her back yesterday afternoon. John McEniure aged 29 of 722 Harrison avenue fell two stories at 20 Wareham street fracturing bones in his foot. Roger J. Abbott aged 31 of 123 Beacon street Somerville was arrested yesterday on charges of larceny amounting to 109.04 from Giagiano Capodilupo and of 29 half barrels of beer worth 108.25 from Carl Briesembach on the same day.

Addie Gilbert Rexford Washington Street John McEniire Harrison Avenue Wareham Street Roger J. Abbott Beacon Street Somerville Giagiano Capodilupo Prince Street

Smuggling Ring Breaker Arrests Driver at Champlain

Special Inspector F. C. Caldo arrested Jule Coutre of Rouse's Point N Y driving eight Chinese across the boundary near Champlain. Coutre is well known in Rouse's Point.

Plattsburg N. Y F. C. Caldo Champlain Jule Coutre Rouse’s Point Canada United States Coutre

General Miles Humiliated as Collie Loses to Yellow Car

Washington report recalls Admiral Dewey and Secretary Long watching General Nelson Miles whose big collie was beaten by a flashy yellow car. The general finds some solace that his dog shares the name Dewey.

Washington Admiral Dewey Long Nelson A. Miles United States Army Dewey

Burglary Convict Receives Conditional Pardon as Missionary

Frank Cole, a notorious burglar, has been released from the State prison under a conditional pardon aimed at sending him abroad as a missionary. Prison Sunday school teachers pressed for clemency, leading to the decision.

Richmond Frank Cole

Pennsylvania Steel Firms Consider Joint Interests

The North American reports that Pennsylvania Steel Company Cambria Steel Company and Bethlehem Steel Company plan a community of interests to protect against the United States Steel Corporation. The trio has about 50 million dollars in capital and may appoint Effingham Morris J Lowther Welsh and E T Statesbury to the board of directors.

Philadelphia North American Pennsylvania Steel Company Cambria Steel Company Bethlehem Steel Company United States Steel Corporation Pennsylvania Effingham Morris Mr. Morris J. Lowther Welsh E. T. Statesbury

Carrie Nation Abandons New York Crusade Plan

Carrie Nation declares by letter from Topeka Kansas that she will not continue saloon smashing campaigns in New York. She notes she is under arrest with trial set for April or later and that she has no plan to act while licensed states permit legal saloon protection.

Sterling Remedy CO New York CHICA Carrie Nation Topeka Kan

Springfield Farm Worker Found Hanged in Ludlow Barn

The body of George Fisk aged 29 was found this afternoon hanging from a beam in a barn owned by Samuel P. Parsons in Ludlow. He was a single farm laborer.

Springfield George Fisk Samuel P. Parsons Ludlow

Explosion at Mine No 5 Kills Three Men Near South M A Lester

An explosion at Mine No 5 one mile northeast of South M A Lester Oklahoma killed three men and likely injured many others. The blast occurred tonight and details are being investigated by authorities.

South M'Alester I .T

Fortune teller mockery over a sawed off party with red hair

A Detroit Journal piece recalls a cheeky fortune teller who warns of a sawed off party with red hair and jokes about charging a dollar after first offering readings for 60 cents. The encounter ends with a sly quip on prices.

Detroit Journal

Ferrell Executed by Electric Chair in Columbus

Rosslyn Ferrell, condemned for the August 10 1900 murder of express messenger Charles Lane, died in the electric chair at 12 09 am. He shot Lane when Lane's back was turned, stole about $200 from the Adams Express safe, and fled before being captured at his fiancée's home.

Columbus, CO Rosslyn Ferrell Charles Lane Ferrell Adams Express Company Lillian Costlow Pennsylvania

Gentleman seeks marriage with rich but aged prospect

Clare Montagu reads an 87 year old bachelor’s ad offering marriage to a wealthy 18 year old. She, 18 and worth 11 million, questions why a man with such means would advertise for a wife, leaving her hopeful vision shattered.

Clare Montagu Detroit Journal

Fire destroys Hirschberg Hollander & Co paint works in Baltimore

The extensive Hirschberg Hollander and Co establishment at 23 and 2 Hanover street was burned tonight. Loss estimated at 100000 with 80000 on stock and the remainder on the building.

Baltimoron Hirschberg, Hollander & Co Hanover Street

Fire destroys shirt factory in Philadelphia losses reach 70000

The shirt manufacturing firm Tittle man Bros. & Fagan on Adams avenue and Church street was entirely destroyed by fire tonight along with its contents. Loss estimated at 70000 dollars.

Philadelphia Tittleman Bros. & Fagan Adams Avenue Church Street

Models of memory and imagination in a poet’s view

The speaker reflects on memory and imagination shaping beauty and mystery. He recalls various idealized women, both living and dead, as he searches for a single chord that binds their clarion essence. Ultimately he declares the beloved as his sole true model.

Epirites Hare

Fire destroys lumber in Alger Smith mill yards

Duluth Minnesota February 28 fire swept the mill yards of Alger Smith and Co destroying from fifteen thousand to fifty thousand dollars worth of lumber. The senior member of the firm is ex Secretary of War Alger.

Duluth Minn Alger, Smith & Co Alger

Gates Denies Rift With Morgan Over Steel Deal

John W. Gates dismissed reports of a disagreement with J P Morgan on steel deal terms. He spoke in New York on February 23 denying the split and defended the agreement's conditions.

Gate New York John W. Gates Morgan

Fire rescues and injuries at city building collapse

A fire incident left several people injured, none fatally. Sweeney sustained the most serious injuries. Rescued victims were taken to Massachusetts General Hospital. The building, owned by Mrs. William Connors, houses Edward Toland on the third floor.

Sweeney Massachusetts General Hospital William Connors Edward Toland

Fire traps James Concannon at Tudor Street home

A second floor oil stove explosion sparked a blaze at 77 Tudor Street South Boston. James Concannon, asleep in a front room, was overcome by smoke in a two and a half story stone dwelling owned by Mrs Julia OBrien. Mrs Mary Burke occupied the first floor. Concannon and his sister lived on upper floors. Patrolman James M Breen reported the scene.

James Concannon Tudor Street Boston Julia O'Brien Mary Burke Concannon James M. Breen Leveret and Barton Streets Hebrew Synagogue Leverett Street J. Ginsburg & Co Abram Berman G Freeman Brighton Street

Rescuer Finds Unconscious Man Amid Fire On Roof

Firefighters carried the trapped occupant from a porch roof after five rescue attempts. The man identified as Conmpannon was found unconscious on the floor of his room once the blaze was controlled.

Conmpannon

February Fire Alarm Counts Reported

During February the facility logged 100 bell fire alarms 90 still alarms 13 automatic alarms 4 second alarms and 2 third alarms.

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